“The only reason I use Pulse vs my phones original texting system is because Pulse offers a widget. I don't know what happened but the widget no longer works. I tried reaching out to the developers but I haven't received a reply. My app is…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 421 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
Pulse SMS (Phone/Tablet/Web)
Maple MediaWant an SMS app that is fast, secure, and packed with all the features and cu…
3.6 ★82,179 ratings
1M+Downloads
4+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Want an SMS app that is fast, secure, and packed with all the features and customization you could want? Look no further.
Pulse SMS is a seriously beautiful, next-generation, private text messaging app.
We care deeply about your experience with the app, and are committed to creating the best SMS texting app.
To round out its best-in-class phone app, Pulse SMS re-imagines your communication by giving you the ability to sync your SMS and MMS messages across all of your devices. Send and receive texts and pictures—seamlessly—from your computer, tablet, car, or any device with an internet connection.
This is text messaging, done right.
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A Taste of the Features Pulse SMS is jam packed with features.…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 7.0.4.3045 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 7.0.4.3045, updated 2026-09-18.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Says how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
Under 65% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 9 distinct reviewers (2.1% of 421 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Terrible, full screen, obtrusive ads to accidentally click. Can't send gifs. Can't use reactions. Don't bother trying to sell me the plus pro ultra instinct subscription--if the first 100 ads couldn't sell it to me you sure won't now…”
“Tired of sending pictures to family and friends and they never get them. Fix that and I'll think about coming back. I was even paying monthly to test out web texting. Lowering my score after trying it again after a very long while. Open…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 7.0.4.3045.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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